I have a 26mm road stem that i want to use for a hybrid with flat bars and mtb shifters. Will it work or do i need to shim it?
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You'll need to shim it. 2 thickness of Leck can will make up the gap quite nicely.
The wiseness or otherwise of shimming is up to you by the way 🙄
I've done it the other way round on road bikes (and worse) and lived.
The eye roll is more about the debate about shimming that always comes up. 1 thickness might work as you have to prise the old quill stems open.
what's wrong with shimming?
Nothing, so long as it's between consenting adults and behind closed doors.
What I meant was that umpteen people will turn up arguing whether he'll die instantly or not after shimming the stem.
My view is that he won't, so long as he is a sane and competent person who can do it properly, but I'm not interesting in arguing about it.
Not sure what you mean by leck?
I thought about using some kind of tape, its on a flat bar so wont have any rotational forces but not sure how dodgy that might be.
Spelling error on my part - Lech's a Polish beer 😆
It takes two thicknesses of cut up Lech can to get something designed for 26mm bars to clamp on a 25.4mm bar, in my experience. You can cut the can with scissors - it's longer around its circumference than it is from top to bottom.